Police, community and calendar briefs for March 12, 2013

The Marion County Sheriff's Office has issued an alert that Thomas Edward Mascaro, 64, who lives in the Oak Run subdivision, is missing and is considered non-endangered.

Mascaro is white, 5 feet 6 inches tall and about 200 pounds. He has gray hair, a beard and brown eyes. According to the Sheriff's Office, Mascaro has possibly been missing for two weeks. His home was checked, and deputies found his car in the garage and his driver's license, debit card and cash inside the home.

Mascaro was born in Pennsylvania and reportedly has been trying to contact his brother for the last four months. At the same time, other siblings have been trying to contact Mascaro by phone and computer, with no results.

Mascaro has been known to walk trails on the Greenway. A relative told investigators Mascaro will sometimes travel the trails all the way to Pruitt Trailhead and may walk sections of the trail all the way to Ocklawaha. Anyone who knows of Mascaro's whereabouts is urged to call 911.

Police: Men rob home, hold three at gunpoint

Three masked men barged into a home Sunday night and held three people, including a 5-year-old boy, at gunpoint while they ransacked the home.

Just before midnight, Aaron Fernandez, 30, and Jason Beville, 39, were smoking in the front doorway of a home at 3001 SE 52nd Ave. when three men wearing stocking caps ran up on them. One was armed with a shotgun and a second man was carrying a stun gun, according to Marion County Sheriff's Office reports.

The gunman ordered the men inside and told them to get face down on the floor. Beville grabbed his son, who was on the couch, and shielded the boy with his body, reports state. The two men and boy were watched by the gunman and the man with the stun gun, while the third man searched the kitchen and bedroom. Fernandez was struck with the butt of the shotgun, kicked and then shocked when he tried to stand, according to reports.

The masked men took two cellphones, a few video games and a wallet before running out of the home, reports state.

No one was seriously injured during the incident.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Sheriff's Office at 732-9111 or Crime Stoppers at 368-STOP.

Police: Man beats other man after wife touched

David Luciano reportedly was angry about a man touching his wife when he beat the man unconscious and tried to run him over with the man's own car in the parking lot of the Pizza Hut restaurant in Dunnellon on Saturday.

Luciano said Ross Walter Ortiz-Apple, 43, touched his wife inappropriately, so Luciano ran out of the restaurant, at 11192 N. Williams St., pulled Ortiz-Apple out of his car and began pummeling him, according to reports.

Witnesses said Luciano, 42, beat Ortiz-Apple with his fists and then began bashing the man's head into the car until the man collapsed.

Luciano then reportedly kicked the man several times in the head before he jumped into Ortiz-Apple's car and tried to run him over, according to arrest reports by the Dunnellon Police Department.

Ortiz-Apple was bleeding heavily from multiple gashes to his face and head and required staples to close his injuries, according to reports.

Luciano ran into some nearby woods. He was found at 3:22 p.m. about an hour after the attack, hiding in woods near the Dunnellon Library at 20351 Robinson Road, reports state.

Luciano was on probation for his third DUI conviction. He was booked into the Marion County Jail on one count each of aggravated battery and violation of probation. He was being held Monday without bond.

COMMUNITY

Summer camp info needed for listing

The Ocala Star-Banner is compiling a list of summer camps for the Summer Planner section publishing in April. To be listed, send details including date, registration deadline, theme, price and a publishable phone number to jennifer.goodson@starbanner.com by Wednesday.

Authors still can register for event

The Marion County Public Library is looking for authors for Book Feast, which will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 13 at the library, 2720 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala.

The charge is $10 per table. The application deadline is Friday. For more information, visit http://marioncountyfl.org/Library/Library_default.aspx, or call 671-8551.

Taste of Ocala event planned for April 6

The College of Central Florida Foundation will host its annual Taste of Ocala from 6:30 to 10 p.m. on April 6, in the Ewers Century Center at 3001 SW College Road, Ocala.

The event raises scholarship funds for students. Tickets are $100 each or $150 per couple. For more information, call 873-5808 or visit www.TasteofOcala.org.

America's Boating Course set for April 13

The Harris Chain Sail and Power Squadron is offering the America's Boating Course from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 13 at the Captiva Recreation Center, 3095 Charlotte Court, The Villages.

The cost is $55 for the first family member and $25 for each additional family member. The minimum age is 12 years.

Attendees who pass the final exam will receive the FWC Boating Safety Education ID card, which is required for all boaters born after 1988.

For more information, call 615-2050 or visit www.harrischain.org.

Colonial Dames to award scholarship

A local high school senior will be selected by the Timucua Chapter of the Colonial Dames 17th Century to compete for the Florida State $1,000 Anne Massey Scholarship.

The student will first receive a $200 Timucua Chapter Scholarship before moving on to the state competition. Applicants must be accepted to an accredited community college or a four-year Florida college or university and have a 3.0 or better grade point average.

The deadline for receiving completed applications is

April 15. For an application, email Norma Hoehndorf at 18271nhoehndorf@comcast.net.